10/15/11

Having waited till the last minute to do the bulk of my nominating for the Cybils, I found myself with several categories for which the books I would have chosen were already on the list. However, I did get some favorites added:

For middle grade fiction, I chose Where Do You Stay, by Andrea Cheng (this is my personal pick for the Newbery. I think the writing is utterly stunning. I'm a little doubtful about its Cybils chances, though--I think the cover works against it).

For middle grade/YA nonfiction, I chose my favorite of the Thinking Girls Treasury of Real Princesses--Nur Jahan of India, which was careless of me, because it was published two weeks before the deadline.

You so beat me to Wolf Mark. >_< ;) But it was mostly for your review that I wanted to pick it. I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive. You have no idea how much I trust and appreciate your reviews. I don't say it nearly often enough.